JadevsJahreConfusable pair

Which to use

“Jade” and “Jahre” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#19,265
“Jade” frequency rank
#145
“Jahre” frequency rank
19410
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Jade Jahre
Definition ein smaragdgrünes, grünlichweißes, hellgrünes bis grünes, sehr festes Mineral ( drei Minerale, Jadeit, Nephrit und Chloromelanit), Halbedelstein, Edelstein, Schmuckstein, Heilstein, das als Schmuck und im Kunstgewerbe verwendet wird Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Jahr

Where the eye mixes Jade and Jahre

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Jade runs 4 letters (CVCV) against Jahre's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
Jade
5 ch
Jahre

Visual trap between Jade and Jahre

A purely visual mix-up. Jade ([ˈjaːdə]) and Jahre ([ˈjaːʁə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19410, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Jade is recorded at frequency rank #19,265, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈjaːdə]. Jahre is at rank #145, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈjaːʁə].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 19410, this pair ranks #1,908,590 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Jade vs Jahre

Shared letters: aej. Private to "Jade": d. Private to "Jahre": hr.

"Jade" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Jahre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Jade ← ajde · jadde · jaed · jdae · jjade
  • Jahre ← ajhre · jaher · jahhre · jahrre · jarhe · jhare · jjahre

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Jade" and "Jahre" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈjaːdə] versus [ˈjaːʁə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Jade" vs "Jahre" - which ranks higher?
"Jahre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #145 in our German list, against #19,265 for "Jade". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Jade" and "Jahre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Jade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Jahre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,908,590 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Jade" and "Jahre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Jade vs Jute". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,908,590 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list